Easy Gingerbread Man Cookies
Better than scratch cookies, these gingerbread men are as easy as they are delicious! I start out with a boxed gingerbread cake mix, add a few ingredients and before you know it, spicy gingerbread men are jumping out of the oven and taking over my kitchen!
Easy Gingerbread man Cookies
The cutest and easiest gingerbread cookies everyone will love to decorate with delicious buttercream!
Servings: 12
Equipment
- non-stick cookie sheets (x2)
- #4 wilton decorating tip
- disposable pastry bag
Ingredients
Ingredients:
- 1 box gingerbread cake mix
- 1/4 cup water hot
- 2 tablespoons flour
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 1/2 cup buttercream icing for decoration get recipe here
Instructions
- In a large mixing bowl and using an electric mixer on medium speed with the paddle attachment, mix all the ingredients until a medium consistency dough forms, scraping the bowl with a rubber spatula as needed.
- Divide the dough in 2 equal size balls. Wrap each ball in a piece of plastic wrap and press down to form 1 inch thick discs. Refrigerate for at least an hour before rolling.
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
- Roll out the dough on a lightly floured flat work surface to about 1/4 inch thickness, using additional flour as necessary to prevent sticking. Cut out gingerbread man cookie shapes and carefully transfer with a spatula to a nonstick baking sheet placing the cookies about 3/4 inch apart. continue rolling out the gathered scraps and remaining disc until all of the dough has been used.
- Bake one sheet at a time n the middle of the oven for about 8 minutes or until the edges are firm. Allow the cookies to rest for 2 minutes on the baking sheet before transferring to a wire rack to cool completely before decorating.
- To decorate the gingerbread men, using a pastry bag filled with white buttercream and fitted with a #4 decorating tip, pipe eyes, nose, mouth, three buttons and squiggly zigzags on arms and legs.
Enjoy!!
Recipe from my cookbook Eat More Dessert. For more easy, simple to make treats, grab a copy HERE.
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Silly question, but does the ½ cup buttercream icing go into the batter?! These are too cute, and I’m going to add it to my list of things to bake!
Hi Jo! The buttercream is for decorating the cookies!
Thought so, but the “mix all ingredients” threw me off! I need a cup of coffee in this cold Whidbey Island morning!!
This is going to save me! I have a bunch of kids coming home and while I love gingerbread, I kinda loathe making it. I’m excited to try this!